Walcott Loc. 63a. East base of Ptarmigan Peak (Cambrian of Canada)
Where: Alberta, Canada (51.5° N, 116.1° W: paleocoordinates 3.9° S, 80.0° W)
When: Plagiura - Poliella trilobite zone, Mt. Whyte Formation, Delamaran (511.2 - 506.5 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the USNM
Primary reference: C. D. Walcott. 1917. Cambrian geology and paleontology, 3, fauna of the Mount Whyte Formation. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 67(3):61-114 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 225265: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 01.05.2022
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Hyolitha | |
"Hyolithes billingsi" = Linevitus billingsi
"Hyolithes billingsi" = Linevitus billingsi Walcott 1886 | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Nisusia (Jamesella) lowi Walcott 1908 | |
Trilobita | |
"? Ptychoparia cercops" = Plagiura cercops
"? Ptychoparia cercops" = Plagiura cercops Walcott 1917 trilobite | |
"Crepicephalus cecinna" = Hadrocephalites cecinna
"Crepicephalus cecinna" = Hadrocephalites cecinna Walcott 1917 trilobite |